1) How to succeed? The education system you just went through has planted some seeds into you. Now it is up to you—and only you—to make them grow. Go the extra mile, and see how good you can be at…
Or maybe we actually do know it and just fail in doing what we know we should do. To know and not to do is really not to know yet. Some timeless advice I’ve heard from the age-experienced over the years:…
I ended my previous post with the question “How will you measure your life?” Another way to put it would be to ask “How do U define your success?” Do you have a vivid picture in your mind what success…
Now the profound simplicity of what I want to share today will elicit in some people yawning boredom and in others “Aha!” eureka moments. Yet whether you yawn or go Yippee! it all depends on the meanings you construct. And…
Five years ago, I was rather unhappy with my day job. Social psychologists would have diagnosed me as being disengaged. My growing disengagement resulted in me quitting. Don’t get me wrong. I am not complaining. Quitting and retiring from my…
Chatting with one of you the other day over a kopi C (that’s coffee with evaporated milk for my dear non-Singaporean readers) made me realize that you might have gained the wrong perception of me. You might believe that due…
Yeah, you are so right, I am stating the obvious here and why should you waste your time reading about the obvious. But apparently, it is not as obvious as it should be. Not to everyone. Just an example. Yesterday…
Enoughism* You have to find, define and fix your personal level of ENOUGH. Where you possess everything you need, and buying more would actually make you worse off. In my most recent post I have brought up the crucial question:…
Recently I spotted this ad in a German newspaper (I took the liberty to translate the few German words): It reminded me of my Water-ETF which I bought about one year ago. So I checked it out: 13.4% up. Ok,…
A few weeks ago and before my long vacation to Europe I published one post about the stuff I read online. I decided to keep this up on irregular intervals. So since a few days I am back in Singapore…